I don't know about putting cinnamon into your swarm trap, whether if it would deter bees from taking to it. Maybe if you removed the trap, cleaned out the ants and replace it...and then sprinkle cinnamon around the outside. Good luck

I would think that if there were too many ants it might deter a swarm. What I've used in the past is a piece of plywood with vaseline coated on one side. Put the plywood, vaseline side down, under your hive (on top of your hive stand). The idea is that the sticky stuff is on the bottom where the ants won't crawl through it and the top is still dry in case a bee lands on it. Has worked very well for me.